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T. E. SHARP. MEAT'TENDERER.

Patented Aug. 17, 1886.

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' UNITED STATES ATENT FFIE TAYLOR E. SHARP, OF WORTHINGTON, WV. VA., ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS TO OSCAR COOHRAN AND THOMAS J. NAY, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

MEAT-TENDERER.

SPECIE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,651, dated August 17, 1886.

Application filed June 1, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TAYLOR E. SHARP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Worthington, in the county of Marion and State of \Vest Virginia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Tenderers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot'the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part ot'this specification, and in whieh-- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved meat-tenderer, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the two figures.

My invention relates to machines for making beefsteak tender; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the base board having a beveled front edge and a transverse recess; B, a metal strip secured in said recess; 0, U -shaped springs secured to said strip by one branch of the U,

the end of each branch being bentint-o asemicircle; D and E, rollers having journals at their ends which are received by the bent ends of said springs; F, a crank attached to one end of the lower roller, and G set screws which pass through holes in the upper branches of the springs and turn into screw-threaded holes in thelower branches. Each rollerhas its surface corrugated both longitudinally and trans- Serial No. 203,797. (NornodclJ versely. The longitudinal groovesin one roller receive the longitudinal ridges on the other; but the transverse grooves being narrower 0 than the transverse ridges are so arranged in one with respect to the other'that the grooves of one fall between the grooves of the other. (See Fig. l.)

The pressure of one roller upon the other 5 may be regulated by means of the set-screws.

In the operation of the machine the meat may be passed between therollers, or between the lower one and the beveled end of the board.

By means of this machine meat can be made tender in a much quicker, better, and easier manner than by the old method of pounding.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The combination of a board having a beveled end and a transverse recess, a strip of metal secured in said recess, U shaped springs, the ends of which are bent into semicircles, a set-screw passing through one branch of each spring and screwing into the other branch and into the board, the two rollers provided wit-l1 longitudinal and transverse corrugations, the journals of the rollers seated in the semicircles of the springs, and a crank attached to the journal of one of said rollers.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TAYLOR E. SHARP.

WVitnesses:

SANFORD K. JACOB, IRVING N UTTER. 

